The objective of this conceptual study is to reveal the substantial potential and synergy of solar energy and electric vehicles (EVs) working together. This potential is demonstrated by studying the feasibility of a nationwide energy system solely reliant on solar energy and EVs. Photovoltaic (PV) solar energy is already an important energy source globally, but due to its intermittency it requires ...

Due to the demand for diversifying and modifying sources of raw materials and trade routes, the Arctic is the region of high interests. Development and carrying out the offshore activities associated with oil and gas industry and maritime transport are growing rapidly in the Arctic. However, an acute problem associated with the development of offshore activities is the ecological consequence caused ...

Marine icing is a very complicated phenomenon, and its prediction, evaluation, and estimation involve many uncertainties. Commonly, the most severe ice accretion is caused by sea spray. A substantial amount of study is present on sea spray ice accretion about modelling and numerical simulations with certain assumptions and not based on comprehensive real-time data. The past techniques used to measure ...

An Inverted Pendulum on a Cart is a common system often used as a benchmark problem for control systems. The system consists of a cart that can move in one direction on the horizontal plane and a pendulum attached to the cart through a hinge point. The pendulum can rotate 360° on the plane made up of the vertical direction and the direction the cart can move. The system is controlled by applying a ...

This study presents a deep learning framework to support regional ship behavior prediction using historical AIS data. The framework is meant to aid in proactive collision avoidance, in order to enhance the safety of maritime transportation systems. In this study, it is suggested to decompose the historical ship behavior in a given geographical region into clusters. Each cluster will contain trajectories ...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) technology has found its way into several civilian applications in the last 20 years, predominantly due to lower cost and tangible scientific improvements. In its application to structural bridge inspection, UAVs provide two main functions. The first, being the most common, detect damage through visual sensors. The 2 D image data can be used to quickly establish a basic ...

Wind farms (WFs) experience various challenges that affect their performance. Mostly, designers focus on the technical side of WFs performance, mainly increasing the power production of WFs, through improving their manufacturing and design quality, wind turbines capacity, their availability, reliability, maintainability, and supportability. On the other hand, WFs induce impacts on their surroundings, ...

Longyearbyen has been hit by two avalanches in 2015 and 2017 causing severe damages to housing and two fatalities. In this study we investigate organised learning processes regarding emergency preparedness and response following the avalanches. Longyearbyen provides a case of particular interest as climatic change rapidly is altering the environmental conditions, including the risk of avalanches.< ...

Sea spray icing is considered as a major environmental challenge in the Arctic Ocean, which poses a critical risk not only to the vessels and industrial operations but also to human safety. Although some studies have been carried out to estimate spray icing rate (e.g., RIGICE04 and ICEMOD models), such models suffer from some unrealistic modeling assumptions and limited verification. Moreover, limited ...

Waste incineration-based district heating plants in Norway struggle from energy efficiency drawbacks during the warmer months of the year from May - September due to the reduced demand in heating. As a result, thermal energy gets discarded to ambient air, which affects the energy efficiency of the plants. This study aims at presenting an overview of the waste incineration industry in Norway and ...